When I was your age, I was 280lbs at 6% bf

**Gaspari1255** · 12-24-2010, 09:18 PM

Originally Posted by FireGuy1

I am closer to 50 years old than I am to 40 and in the best shape of my life. Drives me nuts when I hear guys use age as an excuse.

I can only hope to look half as good as you when I am your age.

**Times Roman** · 12-25-2010, 09:18 PM

Originally Posted by FireGuy1

I am closer to 50 years old than I am to 40 and in the best shape of my life. Drives me nuts when I hear guys use age as an excuse.

100% agree. It may take longer to get to whatever goal you may have, but all reasonable goals can still be achieved post 40. The thing that WILL hold you back that correlates highly with age is injuries. I seem to get injured easier now at 49 than I did at 29. So I really need to take it easier and understand I shouldn't try to keep up with all the young pups in here. It's not necessarily the muscles I'm worried about, but the connective tissue (tendons, etc.)

But as I begin living my 50th year, I do understand I can STILL be in excellent shape. And definately in much better shape than most of the kids i see walking around town. Most people are nowhere near their potential, and thats kinda sad if you really think about it.

**layeazy** · 12-25-2010, 09:28 PM

Yeah great topic this happens all over the world over hear us young guys have to listen to the old guys making up imaginary lifts that looking at them cannot even be possible i understand you shrink when you get older but most of the guys you can tell make it up. Even in their prime they couldnt do the things they say they could however of the flip side of the coin its interestin just to make another point though DexterJackson won the Olympia and hes in his forties lol.

**Bojangles69** · 12-25-2010, 10:59 PM

Its always the same thing with sex life too.

"When I was your age I banged 300 girls between the ages of 16-21". Then at some point if you're lucky you meet one of their family members,
ask how many girls they slept with and they say something like "x was a virgin till he turned 34".

I'm dead serious too my own oldest brother is 48 and tells me stories about how he gamed his wife post-college telling her he worked for the FBI
and she couldn't get enough of it. Then goes onto rant like "man you have no idea how easy most women are". Meanwhile I asked his wife and
she said "yeh he did tell me he worked for the FBI, but it was obvious he was lying from the minute he said it, and the only reason I stayed with
him was I knew he had a hard time lying to women with a straight face".

But in all seriousness, the problem with most old guys telling stories is theres never a part of the story where something bad happens to them or
where they actually seem like a plausible human being. Every single aspect in the story just further alludes to the fantasy that they're some diety
or someshit. You can tell someones being honest when they tell a story by tempering their self success with self defeat. My father ALWAYS does
that, his stories are detailed, and you just know they're real.
Its the guys that tell vague stories, where they always portray themselves as the hero, that makes me fvcking sick. EVEN IF you are perfect
and have never done anything wrong, make up shit you did wrong because the last thing I want to hear is your diaper wearing ass telling me
you fvcked up 50 guys at a bar 1 night w/out getting as much as a scratch anywhere on your body. Its not as much about age as it is that people
just often lie when they tell stories. I have friends right now who are 23 and do the same thing, I can tell straight out they're lying through their
teeth and will call them on it. Way more about dishonesty than age.

**layeazy** · 12-26-2010, 11:41 PM

bojangles69 lol that hilariously true they do make up magically numbers and how beautiful the women were when you can tell straight away the stories taking no thought and they are just ad-libbing to try and keep you listening lol.

**Times Roman** · 12-27-2010, 03:42 PM

.....maybe. When I tell stories, I sort of tell the same stories, and they don't change too much. My kids/woman/mates sometimes feel a story coming on from me, and then they groan... not this story again! Even my smart @ss 20 year old son, when he hears me starting a story, he kinda butts in somehow and tries to finish my story.

I have noticed that my old friends that knew me when I was fighting all the time, THEY tell stories, and I caught my mate telling one about me one time, about how I was whooping on this one poor sap, and I was a little surprised cuz I never actually faught that one! So I cut him off and told him he's mixing it up somehow.

People that tell stories, their stories really shouldnt' change that much.... that's how you tell if they are BSing you!

**quarry206** · 12-28-2010, 09:56 AM

I do more power-lifting not Body builder.

I love when guys tell me how much they use to squat/bench/dead and then I say my numbers and all of a sudden they mis-spoke they meant to say they benched 200pounds more than what they said.

I had one guy go from 365lb max bench as a life time personal best, to all of a sudden 600 pound personal best ...but he can't lift anymore because his arm broke or something according to him.

but i brush it off and just say.. "wow man u should give me some pointers" while laughing in my head.

**ranging1** · 12-28-2010, 08:29 PM

lol forget wen i was ur age

how about the guys who say ' i have a friend and hes huge, bigger then you'

everyone seems to have a friend who is HUGE but we never see

**Gaspari1255** · 12-28-2010, 08:40 PM

Originally Posted by ranging1

lol forget wen i was ur age

how about the guys who say ' i have a friend and hes huge, bigger then you'

everyone seems to have a friend who is HUGE but we never see

I have heard that quite a few times. When I hear that, I question they're height,weight, and bf %. Then they usually repeat themselves: "uhhh idk but he's HUGE."

**Gaspari1255** · 12-28-2010, 08:43 PM

Originally Posted by quarry206

I do more power-lifting not Body builder.

I love when guys tell me how much they use to squat/bench/dead and then I say my numbers and all of a sudden they mis-spoke they meant to say they benched 200pounds more than what they said.

I had one guy go from 365lb max bench as a life time personal best, to all of a sudden 600 pound personal best ...but he can't lift anymore because his arm broke or something according to him.

but i brush it off and just say.. "wow man u should give me some pointers" while laughing in my head.

I can relate. Back in October when I was bouncing at a club, a short fat younger guy came up to me and started a conversation. He began telling me that I was impressive and then asked some of my lifts...

I told him I can do 315x10 on the bench...he said he could do it for 12.
I told him I was doing 240x8 on the Military press...he said he could do it for 10
I told him I was inclining 275x8 and then I said BUT LET ME TAKE A WILD FVCKING GUESS----YOU CAN DO IT FOR TEN REPS.

.....He walked away and I never saw him again, lol.

**Times Roman** · 12-28-2010, 09:36 PM

Originally Posted by ranging1

lol forget wen i was ur age

how about the guys who say ' i have a friend and hes huge, bigger then you'

everyone seems to have a friend who is HUGE but we never see

or even worse...

a new thread that says "I have a friend that is 18 wanting to cycle, so what should I tell him the negatives are?"

**Times Roman** · 12-28-2010, 09:40 PM

Originally Posted by ******

I can relate. Back in October when I was bouncing at a club, a short fat younger guy came up to me and started a conversation. He began telling me that I was impressive and then asked some of my lifts...

I told him I can do 315x10 on the bench...he said he could do it for 12.
I told him I was doing 240x8 on the Military press...he said he could do it for 10
I told him I was inclining 275x8 and then I said BUT LET ME TAKE A WILD FVCKING GUESS----YOU CAN DO IT FOR TEN REPS.

.....He walked away and I never saw him again, lol.

I'll tell you what, I've seen some amazing things from some short little fat fuks with short short little arms. I'm the opposite. I've got orangatang (spelling?) arms, and for me to bench, the bar has to travel twice as far as the short little fat fuk has to push it. Guys with short little arms do have an advantage over me big time..... But I'll still totally kick their asss since I can knock the sh1t outta them from twice as far away! =)

**ranging1** · 12-29-2010, 03:37 AM

Originally Posted by Times Roman

or even worse...

a new thread that says "I have a friend that is 18 wanting to cycle, so what should I tell him the negatives are?"

lmfao i know, ive never understood the logic behind this

**vettewreck** · 12-29-2010, 08:15 AM

Originally Posted by ranging1

how about the guys who say ' i have a friend and hes huge, bigger then you'

everyone seems to have a friend who is HUGE but we never see

I am that friend people are reffering to

**Dukkit** · 12-29-2010, 08:32 AM

I tell the 16-24 year olds...

"I was always so high when I was your age I was 6'3 and 100lbs. And I cant remember anything"

I tell the 40-60 year olds....

"Ill be dead by the time Im your age so I dont care how much I lift now"

They all shut up.

**Pill** · 12-29-2010, 09:31 AM

Well, I has began doing the exact same thing and I´m only 20 years old - I understand the old boys...

**layeazy** · 12-29-2010, 04:31 PM

Or someone has a cousin whos a giant that can lift or beat everyone however you never seem to be able to meet this cousins. lol

**Times Roman** · 12-30-2010, 08:31 AM

Originally Posted by dukkitdalaw

I tell the 16-24 year olds...

"I was always so high when I was your age I was 6'3 and 100lbs. And I cant remember anything"
I tell the 40-60 year olds....

"Ill be dead by the time Im your age so I dont care how much I lift now"

They all shut up.

I thought I was the only one?